Starting with Learning 2.0, libraries and librarians have been investigating ways they could use the "new" Internet - the social web. The subject has had a good deal of thought and attention, with information and ideas that bear thinking about eg:
- The Library of Congress decided to find out how people would react to their historical photos on Flickr
- a list of 25 social networking tools libraries should think about (found - aNobii: a site for book lovers is a place to share reviews and recommendations.). (Bit worried about
lib.rario.us: another social cataloguing site, you can put media such as books, CDs, and journals on display for easy access and tracking though).
Exercise:
To look at the latest developments concerning libraries and the social web, and any practical experience either interacting with library patrons through social media or helping them use other components of Web 2.0.
I've just had the philosophical discussion of what is a library but a place to read, and what differentiates them from a book or video shop etc. so we still have a way to go in introducing Web 2.0 and 2.1.
I'm still confounded by YouTube it can be a boon for all types of uses and it can be a huge waste of time, space and energy.
LC's photostream - wow - check out the photochroms (richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photolithographs), this one is from Norway.
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